Piazzo, Marguerite; T. V. Opera Singer.

Description:

Portrait of soprano Margerite Piazza wearing strapless evening dress standing next to television set. "Ms. Piazza starred in a variety of LSU Opera's leading roles under the direction of Pasquale Amato, the Metropolitan Opera's famous Italian baritone, she would go on to make her own Met debut in 1951 as Rosalinde in Strauss' Die Fledermaus, as well as appearing at New York City Opera and in the opera houses of Chicago, Tulsa, New Orleans, and Montreal, as television became a popular staple of American culture, Ms. Piazza graced the stages of Your Show of Shows starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, the Dean Martin Show, Toast of the Town, Milton Berle's Buick Hour, and the Rosemary Clooney Show, performing beloved operatic arias for soprano in addition to popular music and Italian folksongs," from Louisiana State University's website.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Subject Topic:

Portraits and Sopranos (Singers)

Subject Name:

Piazza, Marguerite

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc50462